South Carolina propelled him to the White House last time around, and the president is eager for voters to back him again<\/p>\n
Jonathan Fields and Taj McClary, two college freshmen, were chatting on Monday after class at a South Carolina State University snack shop. Both are young Black men from rough neighborhoods in North Charleston. They\u2019ve made it out. But only so far.<\/p>\n
Fields is a mechanical engineering major with a 3.2 GPA, which isn\u2019t enough to keep his state scholarship, he said. He\u2019s looking at getting a job, but not just so he can afford a basket of chicken tenders after class.<\/p>\n
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